Love & Truth
20. Trustworthiness, Frustration
(Third Person's POV)
Sasuke groaned as he woke up, which immediately caught attention of Tsunade who sat next to the couch he had been sprawled on.
„Where are the others?" the raven asked, seeing the emptiness of the room where the discussion of village heads' took place.
„Dismissed for the moment... I thought that a little break would not hurt." The blonde woman sighed. „How come you passed out like that?"
„Naruto's been trying to contact me... and the idiot demon in my body saw that as an easiest way to make me sleep." Sasuke growled, hoping that the demon would be a person that he could actually strangle.
„So you have some new information?" Tsunade asked, quite shocked by the outcome.
„I do... And believe me... you're not going to like it either."
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After hearing all the news, Tsunade called back all the meeting's participants, knowing that information of such an importance should be told immediately.
„I called you all back in a matter of grave importance…" Tsunade started, but was cut of by Tsuchikage.
„Oh, so the Uchiha decided to wake up already?" The man smirked.
„Yeah, I did, but I think that you should do the same." Sasuke said with gritted teeth.
„WHAT?! You dare to insult me? What gives you the… " the Tsuchikage hissed back.
„Enough!"
Gaara's voice resonated through the room, causing the Tsuchikage to shut his mouth.
„I would appreciate the two of you to speak like civilized people and talk about the matter we gathered here for… So… Uchiha… What did you want to tell this gathering about?"
„Yeah start already…" The Tsuchikage mused to himself.
„Okay… so… As you know, I have the possibility to speak to my fiancé…" He gave more importance to the word, turning to the Tsuchikage. „… through my dreams, thus my reason for passing out so suddenly, Naruto tried to contact me, sounding quite serious I have to say, and for the sake of speaking with him I had to use the quickest way possible."
„Yea, yea… and? What important did you get to know?" The Tsuchikage said, sounding less than interested.
„ I think you, of all people, should listen, Tsuchikage-sama." Tsunade said, feeling nervous, as she was the only one knowing what Sasuke was about to say.
The Tsuchikage only looked at the woman then turned his attention back to Sasuke.
„My fiancé informed me of the latest happenings in his surroundings, one of them being that the Rengoku somehow managed to capture the Jinchuuriki that is under your village, Tsuchikage-sama, the Jinchuuriki of Sanbi." The raven said, narrowing his eyes.
The man only gasped, as did the others, except for Tsunade.
„That is some worrisome news you brought us, Uchiha-san… we should think about how to handle the new situation." The head of the Land of Waves said.
Before he could continue, however, he was interrupted by Sasuke.
„I'm sorry to cut you off, Norio-sama, [man of law] but I still have more worrisome news to say."
„What could be worse than captured Jinchuuriki?" The Mizukage said.
„Two captured Bijuu." Was the answer that came from Tsunade.
The people in the room went paler as the response was said.
„How did they do that?" Raikage said, raising his voice.
„I am not too sure myself, but I am sure that Naruto would not say it if it was not truth."
„How can you be so sure about words of Jinchuuriki?" The Tsuchikage said, smirking. However as a whirls of sand appeared before his face he regretted the word immediately.
„This is an insult, Tsuchikage-sama; you dare to question my trustworthiness also? Not to mention that Uzumaki Naruto is a person thanks to whom the last Shinobi war had resulted victoriously."
Tsuchikage continued musing something to himself which brought bitterness to other people in the room also.
„If you're so adamant not to trust Naruto, why don't we vote about it? Who is for using Uzumaki Naruto's words as a trustable source?" Tsunade said, raising her hand immediately after.
Following her all the hands were raised, except for the Tsuchikage who wanted explanations for the choices of the others.
„I've known him for a long time and I think that I can say that he's trustable. Not only is he the son of Namikaze Minato, he's done more for our village and other villages also than most ninja's do in their whole life, thus I'm for using the information." Said Tsunade to which she earned a glare from the man she spoke to.
„Naruto has been my first true friend. He's been the one thanks to whom I started to accept the reality of there not being only darkness in the life of Jinchuuriki. I can also calmly say that it is thanks to him that I'm in the position I'm in. Not to mention that I am aware just how much he helped all the villages during the Shinobi war, thus I am for using the information from him as a trustable source." Said Gaara, still dancing with the sand swirls before Tsuchikage's face… just in case he wanted to interrupt.
To the surprise of the rest Norio was the next one to speak.
„The story of Uzumaki Naruto is legendary in the Land of Waves. It is thanks to him that we are free from the tyrant Gato. The Great Naruto Bridge is a proof of the boy's trustworthiness as it stands, thus I am for using Uzumaki Naruto's words as reliable source of information."
„OKAY! I get it…" said the Tsuchikage, cutting off the coming explanations of the rest.
„Great… now that we've come to an agreement, I hope we can move onward to the discussion of how to act in the given situation." Said Tsunade, sighing in relief inside her head.
„So far there are five captured Jinchuuriki and only two left are free, namely Kazekage-sama, being the Jinchuuriki of one-tailed Shukaku, and Killer Bee-san, being the Jinchuuriki of the eight tailed Hachibi. Am I right?"
The rest nodded in agreement.
Tsunade wanted to continue, but was cut off by the voice of Mizukage.
„Can I ask something?"
„Go ahead."
„How come that the Jinchuuriki of Kyuubi is captured already? Power-wise he should be captured as the last, ne? No offense meant, Kazekage-sama." She said, smiling shyly in Gaara's direction.
„None taken."
„I'm curious about that also." Said Tsuchikage who found his annoying voice once again. „Do you have an answer for that also? Uchiha-san?"
„I do…" He said, looking shortly at Tsunade, who only nodded, giving her consent to share the information. „When I spoke about Naruto before, I forgot to mention a fact, which is quite important in this case. Naruto is my dearly missed fiancé, but as much as he is, he is also my dearly missed pregnant fiancé."
„Ah… that explains a lot." Said the stunned Mizukage. „How far along is he?"
„Let's just say that the sooner he will be back the calmer my sleep will become." Said Sasuke, the tension in his voice obvious.
'Must be far, then.' Thought the Mizukage, but did not push the topic further.
„We better jump on finding the solution then."
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(Amaya's POV)
'We are doomed.' Was the only sentence that formed in my head as I recapitulated our current situation.
I could clearly see that if the help is not to come in short time we would not last… not to mention that we did not even know whether we are meant to last those few more days.
'It's getting worse with everything passing day.' I thought sadly as I looked at Haku who had tear trails down his cheeks, way too visible against the skin that was dirtied measurably due to the stay in the underground.
Haku has been crying all the time, except for the time he slept or Naruto sang to him that alone would be bad but...
Hitomi was starting to break under the pressure also, even though that the latest addition to our Jinchuuriki family, Mamoru [protector], tried his best to calm her down.
And as an icing on the cake Naruto started to have "false labor" contractions, which indicated that the time surely is running out. There was no way that Naruto and the children would live through this. It would be a miracle if at least one of the three did… not to mention that the children would be labeled to be killed were the captors to find out about their existence, or survival for that matter. They would not have an ounce of mercy with the infants.
'This is really getting dire.'
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(Naruto's POV)
It was my turn on guard, when I heard voices of the guards as they passed by our cell.
„Have they caught Shukaku and Hachibi, yet?" One of the guards asked, obviously pissed about something.
„They didn't…"
'Thanks god.'
„… but there is a meeting, five days from now… The leaders are going to talk about whether the plan can be finished without the two, as they seem to cause too much trouble… we have Kyuubi anyway… The blood of these should be enough, ne?" The older of the two laughed evilly glancing in the way of our cell.
„And what would that mean for us? I'm really getting annoyed with guarding all day… if Kirai told me that it is going to be about guarding only I wouldn't have joined…"
I did not listen to the men anymore as the thought whirled in my head wildly and I stumbled upon something as I went to wake up Amaya and the rest.
'Five days… FIVE DAYS!... blood… we're really going to get killed… We're really screwed… Kirai… where did I hear that name?... Sasuke!'
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(Third Person's POV)
When Naruto managed to inform the rest of the captured Jinchuuriki he immediately excused himself, knowing that if he was not to inform the raven fast, then he was probably not to ever see the man again…
And nor were their children to ever be born…
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(Sasuke's POV)
I was just with Tsunade and the rest of our rescue team when I heard the seal demon speak in my head.
'Hey! The Blondie's trying to speak to ya… you better get this one quickly… he seems really out of it.'
'Okay, okay…'
I cut of the connection, knowing that I was to pass out once again.
„Excuse…"
The "me" never left my mouth as my eyes rolled in my head and I once again fell unconscious on the floor with the gracefulness of a sac with potatoes.
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(Third Person's POV)
„TEME!" Naruto exclaimed as soon as he saw the raven appear on the black flowery field, throwing himself into his arms.
„Dobe, shush…" Sasuke managed to say only as the crying blonde held him tightly, stroking the blonde hair softly. „It's going to be all right." he whispered.
That however seemed to agitate the crying Naruto more.
„NOTHING'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT!" the frustrated boy screamed, new tears coming down his face.
„Nothing is…"
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(Sasuke's POV)
I woke up. The heavy information, I somehow managed to pull out of Naruto, weighing my mind greatly.
This time however there was not only Tsunade to "welcome" me back… There was everyone who was to take part in the rescue.
„So? What urgent information did you get this time?" Tsunade asked, already sensing that the news is not going to be good.
„To say that without our immediate help they are screwed… would be a heavy understatement."
Done~ :3
Hope you enjoyed… the next chapter is – finally – going to be the rescuing itself~ °(^0^)° Are you curious? :3
To think that I'd get over chapter 20 with this… I did not expect that, sincerely xD… anyway I hope that you'll stay until the very end :)
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(A/N - 14th Jun. 2013 - chapters 19+20 self-beta-ed, corrections made)
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